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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Use what you like. [b]If you don't mind it being popular, that's all that matters.[/b]
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I guess the kid doesn’t matter.  :roll: [/quote]

The kid will be fine. No child has been harmed by a popular name.[/quote]

I personally have always hated my name. It was popular and had no meaning to my parents. [/quote]

I’m still trying to change mine, but can’t find one that feels “real.”[/quote]

But kids who have super unique names express the same sentiment. You can't predict how your child will feel about their name.[/quote]

+1. Yep. I have what one would consider a "super unique name" (I've NEVER met anyone w/ my name and I'm 37 years old and have traveled widely and lived all over the country). I HATED it as a kid. I really wished my parents had named me something more common and less distinctive. It didn't feel like it had much meaning to me or to my parents either. They just picked it to be different, not because it was super meaningful to them.[/quote]

+2 I disliked my name as a kid for reasons that had nothing to do with popularity. My name felt too plain to me. I wanted a really feminine name, or something that sounded fancy. And I didn't like my nicknames. I grew into my name and now can't imagine having another. But a funny thing happened -- my name also became wildly more popular as I got older, and is now in the top 10. And now I meet people with my name all the time and... I like it! I like feeling connected to people in this way. And it also kind of reaffirms for my child self (who thought it was an ugly name) that actually it's a pretty name that a lot of people like.

Names are so complicated, which is why it can be so stressful to name a child. Which is why I always say "Go with the name YOU love the sound of, that feels right to you." It's really the only thing you can do. Trying to game it by choosing a more or less popular name, letting other people's impressions of the name guide you instead of following your gut, will not get you anywhere good. I don't know if my kid will love her name as she gets older, but I know WE love it and can give her some really good arguments for why it's a great name, including pointing to her namesake and telling her how we decided on it.[/quote]

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